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Department for Work & Pensions
Education & Development

Department for Work & Pensions

...with leading providers of online education, the DWP are promoting resources that will benefit learners everywhere. They have selected these OpenLearn courses to enhance your digital and employability skills, so you can prepare more effectively to achieve your career aspirations. There are also courses to help you improve your functional English and Mathematics skills....
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The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...Humanities...The Enlightenment: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the cultural climate that existed as the Enlightenment began understand the main characteristics of the Enlightenment demonstrate an awareness of the cultural shifts and trends leading from Enlightenment to Romanticism...The Enlightenment: 1 'The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Understanding Identity
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Identity

...human organs. Natural or un-natural? Animal organ transplants, ambivalent attitudes to animals, and their relation to human society. Risk - what is it? The increasing importance of risk assessment due to the developments of science and technology. Assessing risk Risk assessments may be based on inaccurate models which give misleading results ending in disaster. Taking...
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The impact of walking and socialising through 5 Ways Café on people living with dementia and their carers: A volunteer’s perspective
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of walking and socialising through 5 Ways Café on people living with dementia and their carers: A volunteer’s perspective

...resources below), we know that sustained benefits come from regular engagement with activities, but this is challenging at many levels for people living with dementia and their families and carers. You can see more about the study here. As we are aware spending time outdoors, walking, being present and mindful is crucially important for our physical and mental health and...
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Start your career with OpenLearn
Education & Development

Start your career with OpenLearn

...resources below. Check out the Full range of FREE French, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Welsh and English rescources. Boost your digital skills The ability to use information and communication technologies is becoming increasingly important to employers. Learn how to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information with these free courses. Go after your dream job...
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Five tips for tackling imposter syndrome
Education & Development

Five tips for tackling imposter syndrome

...your failings Everything doesn’t always go according to plan, with failures and challenges along the way. It is often said that you learn more by failing so do not see it as a negative, rather as an opportunity to learn and improve. [university ready - white back ] This resource is part of the University Ready hub. Find more resources like this on the hub homepage....
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Geography Matters: A Collection
Society, Politics & Law

Geography Matters: A Collection

...with the OU, looking for some extra reading between modules, or just wanting to learn more about Geography, the Geography Matters collection is the place to be. If you are an existing OU student, there are more resources on the pages supporting Environmental Studies or Social Science. If you want to learn more about Geography at the Open University, visit our website....
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Climate change's causes, effects and geographies of responsibility
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change's causes, effects and geographies of responsibility

...human terms. Professor David Humphreys describes how he experienced Climate Change first hand when working in Bangladesh for The Open University...[Geography matters climate change Bangladesh] Climate change will affect everyone on the planet. Anthropogenic - in other words, caused by humans - no one will be able to escape its effects. It will not discriminate between...
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